Horse-power



(No Model.)

G. SOWERS.

HORSE POWER.

No. 348,246. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

lhh m 43571686 7271372502: @WAW W Arum w UNITED STATES GEORGE SOWVERS, OE

HORSE- PATENT, OFFICE.

\VEBSTER, ILLINOIS.

POWER.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE Sownns, of \Vebster, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improved System of or Process and Means for Horse- Powers, which is made, practiced, and used substantially as set forth hereinafter, and as shown in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure isa sectional elevation of the horse-power apparatus.

This invention relates to an improved horsepower mechanism, adapted to operate hayforks on staekers and in barns without the awkwardness of backing a horse to let the rope run back after the load is dropped.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a circular sweep horsepower having a spool-winding drum on the tumbling-rod shaft to wind up the rope, and a hand lever and cl ntch arranged to throw the shaft into and out ofgear, so as to wind up and let out the rope, as required, without interfering with the continuous forward motion of the horse.

The frame A supports, with suitable hearings, the large horizontal master-wheel B, to

which is attached the sweep-lever 0, (one or more,) to which the horse is attached to turn wheel A shaft, D, is held in hearings on frame A, so as to admit of endwise movement and rotation, and bears a loose bevel spurwheel, E, which engages with wheel B to turn tumbling-rod shaft D. The tumbling -rod D bears a block, F, having a face-ratchet to engage with a like ratchet on wheel E to rotate rod D. A spool or drum, G, is borne on shaft D, and arranged to forcibly wind up the rope H as the shaft is turned, so as to lift and Patent No. 348,246, dated August 31, 1886.

Serial No. 187.870.

(No model.)

draw up the loaded fork. The shaft D bears a block, K, with flanges or means of engagement with a hand-lever, L, arranged so the shaft may be moved lengthwise by the lever to bring the cl utch-block E into engagement with wheel E to turn the shaft, or out of such engagement, so as to free the shaft and let the rope run back. The hand-lever L has a handle, N, and a forkor means of engagement, M, to connect with block K, and is pivoted to a support, P, so as to be moved back and forth to move the shaft D. A ratchet, R, is arranged to hold thelever, so as to hold the clutch into or out of gear, as desired.

To wind up the rope and raise the fork with.

its load, the lever L is pushed into the position shown in full lines from the position shown in dotted lines, to throw the clutch-shaft and drum G into action. To let the rope and fork run back, the lever L is drawn back into the position shown in dotted lines, so as to push forward the rod D and disconnect the block from wheel E, so the shaft is freed to let the spool G turn to let the rope run off the spool.

Various modifications can be made. The block K may remain stationary or turn.

I claim The horse-power having a master-wheel, B, with draft-lever O and a loose spur-wheel, E, engaging therewith, mounted upon a shaft, D, having adaptation for endwise movement, combined with Windlass-spool G 011 shaft D, and lever L, adapted to move the shaftD into and out of clutch with spur-wheel E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE SOIVERS.

\Vitnesses:

DAVID llIAOK,

WILLIAM BAIRD. 

